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单词 cylinder
释义
cylindercyl‧in‧der /ˈsɪləndə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcylinder
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin cylindrus, from Greek, from kylindein ‘to roll’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a cylinder of oxygen
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Atmospheric pressure then forced the piston down the cylinder in which it was sitting.
  • Existing direct cylinders can be upgraded to indirect - see below.
  • It met the wood in massive cylinders, thirteen feet across, made of inch-thick wrought-iron plates riveted together.
  • Teesside trains were also stopped when firemen discovered a gas cylinder near the fire.
  • The cylinders, it was claimed, were designed to be fitted together to form the barrel of a giant 40-metre gun.
  • The secret is to divide the number of cylinders by 2 and double the number of heads.
Thesaurus
THESAURUStypes of shapes
a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees
a round shape that is like an O
half a circle
a shape with three straight sides and three angles
a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees
a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide
an object in the shape of a tube
a solid object with six equal square sides
a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top
a shape like a ball
WORD SETS
boiler, nouncamshaft, nounchuck, nouncollar, nounconsole, nouncylinder, noundecompress, verbdiggings, noundrag, nounengagement, nounengine, nounengineer, nounengineer, verbexhaust, nounhydraulics, nounlubricant, nounlubricate, verbmetal fatigue, nounperformance, nounpipe fitter, nounpipeline, nounpiston, nounplunger, nounregulator, nounrig, nounrivet, verbrotary, adjectivesafety valve, nounseparator, nounshaft, nounshockproof, adjectivesparking plug, nounspark plug, nounspindle, nounstarter, nounstreamline, verbtheodolite, nountorsion, nountruss, nountune, verbtune-up, nountunnel, verbturboprop, nounwind tunnel, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a large container for gas)· One of the gas cylinders exploded.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Above: Made-to-measure hot water cylinder fits neatly under sink, hidden by cupboard doors.· If boiler and hot water cylinder are on the same level, a pump has to be installed into the system.· The hot water cylinder supplies the domestic hot water to the taps.· Separate airing cupboard with foam dipped hot water cylinder, immersion heater and timer for boiler.· The best systems have four pipes plus a balance tank and hot water cylinder.· Immersion heater spanner Electric immersion heaters fit into a large screwed boss on the top or side of a hot water cylinder.· Hot water cylinders A hot water cylinder is traditionally put in a cupboard which also serves for airing clothes.· The other is more useful and is, in fact, the only way of draining the hot water cylinder.
· The route was very tight and could only be passed using small cylinders.· Here, on the floor, is a small flat cylinder with a spirit-level bubble in the center of its top surface.· But to you, my dear, it will simply be a small cylinder of Balbazian steel, that wonderfully unbreachable metal.
NOUN
· Teesside trains were also stopped when firemen discovered a gas cylinder near the fire.· Hassan has to buy gas cylinders to light the stove and the two small lamps that light his apartment.· One of the boats sank after gas cylinders inside exploded.The other was completely burned out.Richard Barnet reports.· Rolled up, admittedly, but those things can be opened and inflated from their gas cylinders in seconds.· There are candles and a gas cylinder.· I assemble my Trangia and cook food, avoiding the almost overwhelming temptation to use the gas cylinder.· Another was attached to a high pressure gas cylinder.· Since the attack, the gas cylinders have remained out of use.
· The question is the charge of gas, exploded in the cylinder head, which is the motive force of every piston-stroke.· A north-west gale had given us a good shaking up crossing from Peterhead to Wick resulting in a cracked cylinder head.· It is perfectly possible to replace the hot spots in a Land Rover cylinder head.· The engine block and alloy cylinder head is shared with the 1.4-litre Energy engine so the bore is identical.· The R1's free-breathing five-valves-per-cylinder head is also kept for the new bike.· The only effective remedy is to install hardened valve seats or a replacement cylinder head, both expensive options.· The cylinder head has been carefully machined to increase air-flow.
· Each cylinder index entry gives the address of the cylinder it refers to, and the highest key on the cylinder.· With large files, there will frequently be a cylinder index added as a first level index.· Past practice has often been to allocate the cylinder index to a cylinder preceding or following the file area.· Fig. 7.7 summarizes the rules for placement of the cylinder index if it is to be situated in the main file area.
· Cursing herself, she snaked a hand back inside for an oxygen cylinder.· Soon she was barely able to walk and she had oxygen cylinders fitted in her bedroom.· There were two explosions involving an oxygen cylinder, injuring both men.
· Above: Made-to-measure hot water cylinder fits neatly under sink, hidden by cupboard doors.· If boiler and hot water cylinder are on the same level, a pump has to be installed into the system.· The hot water cylinder supplies the domestic hot water to the taps.· Separate airing cupboard with foam dipped hot water cylinder, immersion heater and timer for boiler.· The best systems have four pipes plus a balance tank and hot water cylinder.· Immersion heater spanner Electric immersion heaters fit into a large screwed boss on the top or side of a hot water cylinder.· Hot water cylinders A hot water cylinder is traditionally put in a cupboard which also serves for airing clothes.
VERB
· The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.· This company is firing on all cylinders.· Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
· The V8 will not fit the 4 cylinder gearbox without an adaptor plate and suitably made engine mounts.
· Extending the regulations to more types of gas appliances including premises using gas from cylinders or garden tanks.· The route was very tight and could only be passed using small cylinders.· I assemble my Trangia and cook food, avoiding the almost overwhelming temptation to use the gas cylinder.· Any tappings that aren't being used on the cylinder can be fitted with screwed blanks.· Upgrading cylinders Direct cylinders can be converted simply to indirect ones using a cylinder conversion kit.· Watt used a cylinder closed at both ends to keep it as warm as possible.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.
  • This company is firing on all cylinders.
  • Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults.
1a shape, object, or container with circular ends and long straight sides → tube:  The gases are stored in cylinders.2the tube within which a piston moves forwards and backwards in an engine:  a four-cylinder engine3be firing/running on all cylinders informal to be operating or performing very well:  The team is firing on all cylinders.
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